Getting to know you - A Fun 'My Favourite Things' Quiz Showing 701-750 of 1,360

[Nicki]

I've been following this group a little while but don't think I did this yet, so here goes:

My Favourite...
1. Time of Day: Afternoon - I'm at my most productive then
2. Food: chocolate - even though I shouldn't!
3. Drink (alcoholic or non-alcoholic): Tea (I am English after all)
4. Band/singer: Anthony Warlow
5. Actor: I love so many but at present it's Misha Collins
6. Spot in Australia: Barossa Valley, SA
7. Team/Sport: Tennis
8. Car: A blue one - I know nothing about cars!
9. Animal: Cats!!
10. Activity: Reading
11. Things to collect: Theatre programmes and books!

[Helen]

This is good - here is mine:

My Favourite...
1. Time of Day: Morning - I fade away to nothing as the day goes by.
2. Food: Mango's Yummy!
3. Drink (alcoholic or non-alcoholic): A really good coffee is hard to find but when I do I die!!
4. Band/singer: Axel Rose - Guns and Roses. Yes, really!
5. Actor: Johnny Depp
6. Spot in Australia: Tom Price area - Ashburton Ranges.
7. Team/Sport: Hockey
8. Car: Subaru
9. Animal: Cats!! and Chooks!
10. Activity: Writing & Reading
11. Things to collect: Tribal stuff - beads and necklaces/bacelets.

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Couple of great lists there!!

[evie]

My Favourite...
1. Time of Day: Anytime when I have absolute quiet
2. Food: at the moment I'm addicted to vege rice wraps with chilli sauce
3. Drink (alcoholic or non-alcoholic): ginger wine or scotch lots of ice with soda coffee and water (to be sensible )
4. Band/singer: Jack White my daughter Stevie wonder
5. Actor: Tommy Lee jones Johnny Depp
6. Spot in Australia: Jervis Bay 'specially Hyams Beach
7. Team/Sport: daydreaming
8. Car: As long as someone else drives
9. Animal: all of them I have two cats at the moment
10. Activity Drawing mostly humanity ,reading, growing plants with nice flowers I have a couple of orchids and an african blood lily.

11. Things to collect stuff for drawing and bits of nature like great pieces of driftwood plants,nice stones and elephants (for my elephant collection)

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Nice list Evie! #4...you have a singing daughter? Did you sneak that in there;D

[Suzanne]

My Favourite...
1. Time of Day: around 7pm when I get get some time to myself.
2. Food: Haighs chocolate truffles, especially dark mandarin creams or raspberry - milk (best chocolate on the planet that happens to be owned by Australian family and made by Australians - they do it all in Adelaide. Sydneysiders can't get enough. Forget that other stuff that calls itself chocolate this is the real stuff.
3. Drink (alcoholic or non-alcoholic): Baileys milkshake concoction made by my husband and non-alcoholic is Cottees orange cordial.
4. Band/singer: Numerous singers as I have an eclectic palate for music, but black Soul music is my favourite.
5. Actor: Cary Grant - the original "Mr Smooth"
6. Spot in Australia: Caves beach in Newcastle.
7. Team/Sport: Socceroos if I am forced to talk about sport!
8. Car: Modern is a Maserati, see one of these babies in action and I love old muscle cars - Ford Mustang.
9. Animal: Foxy terriers or chihuahas for home followed by elephants in the wild.
10. Activity snorkelling in Fiji, closely followed by reading a memoir or biography of someone who is an everyday person who has led an extraordinary life.
11. Things to collect - what else but books for when I might get a chance to read them one day when there is enough time!

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Welcome Suzanne! Lovely to have you with us:) Love the first few (as Carmel suggested...lol) namely #2, #3 (love Baileys!) and #6...my neck of the woods!!

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Carmel wrote: "Ha ha Brenda, they are what I was talking about!!"

Thought so....hahahaha!!!! (how did you know I liked Baileys??)

[Suzanne]

Thanks for the warm welcome!

Chocolate and books to relax what more could there be - perhaps a Baileys milkshake if it has been a bad day. Husband doesn't spare the Peters Lite Ice-cream on those days!

Are are both signing up for the State v's State reading challenge?! I will have Brenda on my side.

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Suzanne wrote: "Thanks for the warm welcome!

Chocolate and books to relax what more could there be - perhaps a Baileys milkshake if it has been a bad day. Husband doesn't spare the Peters Lite Ice-cream on those..."

Sounds like I need to be around when hubby makes one of those Suzanne!!! lol....oh yes...definitely:)

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Carmel wrote: "Brenda wrote: "Thought so....hahahaha!!!! (how did you know I liked Baileys??)"

Just a wild guess!!"

HA!!!

[Kylie]

My Favourite...
1. Time of Day:Don't really have one, but i would say the time i spend with my family.
2. Food:Taco's, Indian, Chinese
3. Drink (alcoholic or non-alcoholic): non-drinker
4. Band/singer: Depends on mood, or whats on the radio.
5. Actor: Whopi Goldberg, Cuba Gooding Jr
6. Spot in Australia: home
7. Team/Sport: don't have one
8. Car:CRV (my dream car)
9. Animal: Dog and Cat
10. Activity: Reading, WOW
11. Things to collect: Teddys though my daughter seems to of claimed them.

[★ Jess]

Jesse wrote: "My Favourite...
1. Time of Day: Very early in the morning on days off is a good time. Too bad I often like to sleep in as well!

2. Food: Fruit, and peanut butter sandwiches

3. Drink (alcoholic o..."

I lovr Bernard Fanning, and cats rock my socks :D

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Ectes wrote: "I skimmed a few pages of these answers and thought I could add my own.

1. Time of Day: Definitely that time when the cap pops off a nice cold drink in the summer.

2. Food: Hmm. A tough one. I do..."

Great list Ectes!!

[Reading Habit]

Let's see if this gives you any insight into my character!

My Favourite...
1. Time of Day: About 11pm, when the house is quiet and I'm normally curled up with a good book (hopefully enjoying a long hot bath).
2. Food: Mushrooms. I could marry mushrooms.
3. Drink (alcoholic or non-alcoholic): Red wine. Preferably a cabernet merlot blend.
4. Band/singer: Muse....the modern day Queen.
5. Actor: I love Jack! Nicholson that is.
6. Spot in Australia: The beach....we have the best in the world. I wouldn't choose one in particular. They all feel like home.
7. Team/Sport: The mighty St George Illawarra Dragons are my team.....but I'm a die-hard netballer at heart!!
8. Car: Mercedes Sprinter - It's my book selling van.
9. Animal: Whale....and my two kitty cats, Flick and Trinity.
10. Activity: Reading....der.
11. Things to collect: Books....but specifically I collect books with my name in the title, books written about owning a bookshop, and books about indigenous Australia.

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Great list Amber! I'm with you on #1!! You'll find lots of recommendations about the different books you collect, but you might also be interested in this group http://www.goodreads.com/group/show/5... is run by 2 of our own, and is all about our Aussie women writers, with lots of the indigenous kind too! Click on the bookshelf link at the side of the main page, and you'll get loads of suggestions.

[Catherine]

Hi there, bit patriotic so I decided to join the 'Australian' group :)

My Favourite...
1. Time of Day: Night time when I'm asleep
2. Food: something italian, probably pasta
3. Drink (alcoholic or non-alcoholic): peach iced tea or the green dare coffee
4. Band/singer: Muse or Coldplay
5. Actor: I love Colin Firth for some reason (maybe because I really like the King's Speech) and Cate Blanchett (even though she's an actress)
6. Spot in Australia: Lord Hose Island - most beautiful place on the planet...trust me!
7. Team/Sport: favouite sport to play is netball but favourite to watch is rugby union (so wallabies or nsw waratahs)
8. Car: Aston Martin db9
9. Animal: dog, dolphin (because they're cool)
10. Activity: Eating, sleeping, reading a really good book
11. Things to collect: bits of weathered glass from the beach

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Great list Catherine:) Love Dare Iced Coffee....yum!! King's Speech was amazing too, wasn't it!

[Catherine]

Brenda wrote: "Great list Catherine:) Love Dare Iced Coffee....yum!! King's Speech was amazing too, wasn't it!"

Yeah too bad they are really fattening. I was going to put Geoffrey Rush aswell because he's an amazing actor...and Australian of the Year haha

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Catherine wrote: "Brenda wrote: "Great list Catherine:) Love Dare Iced Coffee....yum!! King's Speech was amazing too, wasn't it!"

Yeah too bad they are really fattening. I was going to put Geoffrey Rush aswell be..."

Agree with you there Catherine, on all of it...lol

[Brittany]

My Favourite...
1. Time of Day: Very early in the morning, like 5am or late at night around 11-12.
2. Food: Chocolate or baked potatoes
3. Drink (alcoholic or non-alcoholic): Iced coffee
4. Band/singer: Either The Used or Queen or Meatloaf.
5. Actor: This is hard. Will Smith or Johnney Depp.
6. Spot in Australia: My mothers house or the education building at Flinders University overlooking the city at night time.
7. Team/Sport: Not a huge sports fan, I enjoy softball though.
8. Car: I would kill to have a big pink Cadillac Coupe De Ville. It is my dream car.
9. Animal: Pigs and cats. <3
10. Activity: Reading or sleeping. Such an interesting person.
11. Things to collect: Books, shells, cards (eg all my birthday cards, christmas cards etc.)

:)

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Mmmm!!! Iced Coffee:D

[Neko]

Iced coffee is awesome :D

[Brittany]

I have at least one a day or else I start getting withdrawls. :(

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Brittany wrote: "I have at least one a day or else I start getting withdrawls. :("

Haha!! Same:D

[Rachael]

Hi everyone :)

My Favourite...
1. Time of Day: Half 6 at night as it's when I get home from work.
2. Food: Daim bars
3. Drink (alcoholic or non-alcoholic): Amaretto and coke
4. Band/singer: Take that
5. Actor: Ryan Gosling for looks, christopher lee/ian mckellan for talent
6. Spot in Australia: Skydeck in Melbourne. Went there the other night to watch the sunset and was so beautiful!
7. Team/Sport: Coventry/football (uk)
8. Car: I've only just bought my first one so i'll be loyal and say Mazda 323 1986
9. Animal: Penguins!
10. Activity: Reading, sight-seeing
11. Things to collect: At the minute, postcards, leaflets and souvenirs from Australia to take back home to the uk

[Angela]

My Favourite...

1. Time of Day: After 6:30pm - The kids are in bed asleep and we get time to ourselves!!

2. Food: Cheese on crackers!!

3. Drink (alcoholic or non-alcoholic): Milk

4. Band/singer: Placebo

5. Actor: Alan Rickman, Helena Bonham-Carter

6. Spot in Australia: Melbourne shopping!

7. Team/Sport: Port Adelaide AFL :) The two Eberts!!!

8. Car: Magnas (98 onwards) and 380's!

9. Animal: Birds

10. Activity: Reading, looking in bookshops and nurseries for indoor plants!

11. Things to collect: Good books!

[Angela]

Oooohh you like Port Adelaide too? They're the best! Hopefully this year we can make something of ourselves again!! Our side is certainly stronger :)

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Welcome Angela! Lovely to have you with us:)

[★ Jess]

Angela wrote: "Oooohh you like Port Adelaide too? They're the best! Hopefully this year we can make something of ourselves again!! Our side is certainly stronger :)"

Imagine that, another Port supporter! Hopefully we improve out of sight this year. Excited to see some more of John Butcher!

[Tui]

My Favourite...
1. Time of Day: the hour before sunrise specially if I'm outside watching it, which I usually am.
2. Food: nectarines
3. Drink instant coffee very weak
4. Band/singer: Hayley Westenra
5. Actor: Bryan Brown
6. Spot in Australia: Have only been to Oz once and went to Byron Bay and the hill country inland from there around that big tall mount Warning. I stayed in Uki. It would take some beating.
7. Team/Sport:You can do mountainbiking in a team.
8. Car:my bike
9. Animal:definitely dolphin
10. Activity: mountainbiking and writing
11. Things to collect: stories about animals

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Byron Bay is a beautiful area Tui, and dolphins would have to be up there for me too:D

[Tui]

And dolphins love Byron Bay. My daughter went to Byron for an ultra-sound scan for her unborn baby a few days ago. She arrived early and went to sit on the beach. She saw dolphins playing and being aware that they have built in ultra-sound, she thought-streamed to the dolphins to scan her and to let her know if her baby was fine. One of the dolphins suddenly leapt sky-high as though giving her the thumbs-up. She felt as though she no longer needed any human scan.

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Oh wow!! That is awesome!!! She would have felt amazing after that experience!

[Lauren]

Ok, here goes! :)

My Favourite...
1. Time of Day: - Middle of the night (provided I don't have to get up early!)
2. Food: - My mum's spaghetti bolognaise.
3. Drink (alcoholic or non-alcoholic): - Ice Tea
4. Band/singer: - Hmm. Tough, very tough. Listening to Manchester Orchestra and The Black Keys a lot lately.
5. Actor: - Michael Shanks
6. Spot in Australia: Love Port Douglas.
7. Team/Sport: - Cricket.
8. Car: - bus? No car at moment! :)
9. Animal: - Probably dolphin. I love all animals, but I'm allergic to a lot of them!
10. Activity - Sleeping and reading.
11. Things to collect - Concert tickets of shows I go to - getting a good pile going!

:)

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Nice list Lauren!! I also love Port Douglas:)

[Lauren]

I haven't been to very many places around my own country yet, so that may change in the future! :)

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

We have just started travelling around Oz in the last couple of years, and we love it! It's a wonderful country we live in:)

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Michael wrote: "You will have to come are way again sometime Brenda. Was lovely caching up with you and your hubby last time. :)"

We'll probably be heading over again towards the end of the year Michael!

[Lauren]

Brenda wrote: "We have just started travelling around Oz in the last couple of years, and we love it! It's a wonderful country we live in:)"

I've really only been up the East Coast. I live in Melbourne, but have been to Sydney, Canberra and QLD. I really want to go to Tas and NT.

:)

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Lauren wrote: "Brenda wrote: "We have just started travelling around Oz in the last couple of years, and we love it! It's a wonderful country we live in:)"

I've really only been up the East Coast. I live in Mel..."

We've just arrived back from a trip to Perth...my first time in the West, and loved it:) I'd love to do Tas and NT also....one day:)

[Tui]

Come to NZ too!

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Tui wrote: "Come to NZ too!"

Visited Auckland last year, it's a lovely city. We'd love to come back and visit lots of other places in NZ...one day!!

[Tui]

Well, make sure you visit my house. We live in a very beautiful spot and I have 2 spare bedrooms.

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Tui wrote: "Well, make sure you visit my house. We live in a very beautiful spot and I have 2 spare bedrooms."

Wow thank you Tui! That's a lovely offer...you never know, I might just take you up on it one day:)

[Tui]

Lovely!

[Michelle]

Okay, here goes:

My Favourite...
1. Time of Day: Mid-morning
2. Food: Honeydew melon
3. Drink (alcoholic or non-alcoholic): Coffee
4. Band/singer: Sorry, can't choose.
5. Actor: Again, no way, José.
6. Spot in Australia: Denmark, WA
7. Team/Sport: Does walking count?
8. Car: Don't really care about cars.
9. Animal: Giraffe
10. Activity: Reading
11. Things to collect: Books

[Tui]

Giraffe? Now that's unusual.

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

The babies are sooo cute Tui!!! All legs;D

[Michelle]

I grew up in South Africa. And I love them. They are cute, soulful, and yet can still pack quite a kick if they have to. And yes, Brenda, those babies are the cutest.